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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 23h

Full interview with Davy & Iona can be found on YouTube

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng64...

Challenge Poverty Week 2025 - Better Investment in Life's Essentials

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 23h

🎤 Davy & Iona from our North Community team answer the question: "What would a better Scotland look like?"

Building more social homes has the power to positively impact all levels of Scottish society, particularly on issues like child poverty.

#ChallengePoverty #WeDemandBetter #HousingEmergency

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 1d

The Gran Squad is just off the phone with an urgent message 👇

👩‍🦳💬 "We need to build Scotland. We need to build social homes. Less promises. More bricks."

Email Scotland’s party leaders today and tell them to get building 🔨 #HousingEmergency
🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 3d

The Gran Squad are on a mission and one of the Grans has an important message they want to share. #HousingEmergency

👩‍🦳💬 "Tell those bl**dy politicians to start building social homes"

Listen to yer Gran. Get them telt 👇
🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 6d

👀 AllSaints X Shelter Scotland. It's the collab you've been waiting for!

10-19 Oct, our Edinburgh Morningside & Glasgow Botanics shops will be stocked with items donated by AllSaints alongside the very best of our other preloved stock.

👢 Style up & support the fight against the #HousingEmergency.

A photo from our Glasgow Union St store during our AllSaints x Shelter Scotland retail event in 2024. It's taken from inside the shop, looking out, featuring several items of clothing donated to us by AllSaints.

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 68% of adults in Scotland think politicians should do more to tackle the issue of housing.

Our delivery plan sets out a path for the next Scottish Gov't: build at least 15,693 new social homes a year, uphold rights, end housing inequality, +more. #HousingEmergency.

👉 shelterscotland.org/Plan26

A photo from inside the Scottish Parliament debate chamber, with a focus on a microphone at a desk, with text saying: 68% of adults in Scotland think politicians should do more to tackle the issue of housing.

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Less promises and more bricks! 🧱 #BuildScotland

Will you stand with the Gran Squad and tell Scotland's politicians to deliver the 15,693 new social homes needed each year of the next parliament to end the #HousingEmergency?

Tell them now 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 9d

To read more about the Scottish Government's quarterly housing statistics, and a response from Shelter Scotland Director, Alison Watson, visit the link below.

🔗 shelterscotland.org/AHSPs25

A graphic saying: Ending the Housing Emergency needs more social housing!

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 9d

📰 The Scottish Government’s latest stats expose the reality: not enough social homes are being built.

➡️ 488 approvals (⬇️ 19%)
➡️ 811 starts (⬇️ 12%)
➡️ 973 completions (⬇️ 29%)

The #HousingEmergency can only be ended by delivering MORE social homes, not less! 🤯

A graphic saying: The latest Scottish Government house building statistics just released

A graphic saying: Social Home Approvals vs 2024/25 are down 19%

A graphic saying: Social Home Starts vs 2024/25 are down 12%

A graphic saying: Social Home Completions vs 2024/25 are down 29%

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 10,180 children in Scotland are living in temporary accommodation. At the current rate of progress, it’ll take over 28 years to reduce that number to 0. #HousingEmergency

If you agree that's 10,180 children too many & 28 years too long, add your name to our register.

🆘 shelterscotland.org/ActCH

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 13d

🛑 Our helpline and live chat service will be closed on Monday 29 September and will resume 9am on Tuesday 30 September.

Digital advice is available 24/7 on our website 👇
🔗 shelterscotland.org/advice

A graphic that says our helpline is closed on Monday 29 September and will resume 9am on Tuesday 30 September

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ "Business as usual is NOT a solution to a systemic issue"

Dan Fyffe-Jardine, Assistant Director (Communities and Services) talking to @thatstvofficial.bsky.social about the #HousingEmergency and the urgent need to prioritise delivering the homes Scotland needs.

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 New stats from the Scottish Gov't shows 16,485 households were illegally denied temporary accommodation they were entitled to - a practice known as gatekeeping. #HousingEmergency

It's more than double from the year before

Tell Scotland’s leaders: it’s time to act
🕒 shelterscotland.org/ActLeaders

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 16d

Scotland needs 15,693 affordable homes each year in the next Parliament, with over half needed in the east.

Failing to deliver these homes will risk locking us into a persistent #HousingEmergency that will continue to impact thousands of households.

Full research 👉 shelterscotland.org/East-Sep25

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 20d

Scotland's persistent #HousingEmergency means 10,180 children are trapped in temporary accommodation, without a permanent and secure place to call home.

💡 Know what would fix it?
🏠 Delivering the social homes Scotland needs.

A photo of a young girl holding up a cardboard sign that says "10,180 children without a permanent home in Scotland is NOT normal"

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 20d

🏆 Our Helensburgh shop has been nominated for the UK’s Favourite Charity Shop of the Year!

💕 Every vote shows support for our incredible staff & volunteers who work tirelessly for their community.

Your vote could help us win 🙏
🔗 shelterscotland.org/CS25Vote

A photo of our Helensburgh store front with staff and volunteers outside it

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 22d

We reflect on the Scottish Government's latest homelessness stats which shows the devastating reality of Scotland's persistent #HousingEmergency, caused by decades of under-investment in social homes.

It's not too late; it CAN be fixed, but time is running out. Scotland needs these homes NOW.

A simple graphic with a quote from Gordon MacRae, Assistant Director at Shelter Scotland, saying: "All of Scotland's politicians know what is needed: deliver a minimum of 15,693 social homes every year so that the local services that can prevent and end homelessness have the tools to do their job."

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 23d

Source: The Scottish Government's Homelessness Statistics 2024-25 Report
🔗 shelterscotland.org/SG25Stats

More info on the stats showcased above and what it means for Scotland's persistent #HousingEmergency
🔗 shelterscotland.org/25H2Stats

Time Is Running Out to Fix Scotland’s Broken and Biased Housing System - Shelter Scotland

It would take over 46 years to reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation to zero if the current rate of progress is maintained.

shelterscotland.org

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 The latest homelessness stats are out. The message is clear: Time is running out to fix our broken & biased housing system.

📣 Share this post and send a message to our politicians to end the #HousingEmergency and deliver the 15,693 social homes we need annually.

👉 shelterscotland.org/ActLeaders

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 27d

🏠 Households across Scotland are experiencing the impact of the #HousingEmergency, caused by a broken housing system.

📉 What broke it? This week, MSP Patrick Harvie highlighted in Parliament what's long been clear: decades of under-investment and a failure to act has created the housing emergency.

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 27d

The #Kiltwalk 2025 grand finale is almost here!

❤️ A huge thanks to everyone who walked for us in Glasgow, Aberdeen & Dundee, and good luck to everyone tackling #KiltwalkEdinburgh this Sunday 🙌

Every step and £ raised for Shelter Scotland helps us fight against the #HousingEmergency 💪

A map of Scotland showing Edinburgh highlighted in red with a circle around it, and beside it a list of the cities and dates where Kiltwalk is taking place. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are all greyed out due to those events being in the past.

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 28d

Are you struggling with the condition, security, suitability or affordability of your home, or faced discrimination while trying to find one?

If so, you're one of the 2.3 million adults in Scotland impacted by the #HousingEmergency.

Had enough? Tell us 👉 shelterscotland.org/Act

A graphic that says Over 4 in 10 adults in Scotland are now impacted by the housing emergency

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · Sep 9

With the Scottish Government's next homelessness statistics update due next week, here's a reminder of the current stats 👇

⚠️ 10,360 kids trapped in temporary accommodation (TA)
🏠 16,634 households in TA
⛔ 32,272 live homelessness cases

Will next weeks update show a deepening #HousingEmergency?

A graphic saying that 10,360 children are living in temporary accommodation

A graphic showing that 16,634 households are in temporary accommodation

A graphic saying there are 32,272 live homelessness cases

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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 We've been nominated!

That's right, our Helensburgh shop has been nominated for the UK's favourite charity shop of the year 🏆.

Our shop staff and volunteers are at the heart of their communities and they would love your vote.

A vote for us is a vote for home ❤️
shelterscotland.org/CS25Vote

A photograph of the Helensburgh Shelter Scotland shop front

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · Sep 5

Concerns raised by @shelterscotland.bsky.social that Scottish Government's Housing Emergency Action Plan will not meet the scale of the challenges facing the region:

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68080

Now: Shelter Scotland welcomes government’s housing emergency action plan but raises concerns that it will not meet the scale of the challenges facing the region - Rightsnet

www.rightsnet.org.uk

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